How to educate a creative child
It seems, carrying with formal education of the child, we completely forgot about a creative side of educations, about creative development. That it is not yet late to do it. Especially as creation is not only superfluous but compulsory condition of comprehensive development of a human being. After all, all sorts of designers and artists are in great value now.
General researches of the last years in area of brain physiology proved, that the increased amount of different activity in music and painting helps children in mastering mathematics and languages. The American scientists proved, that children from four to seven years, lagging behind in children garden due to the increased activities in art caught up with reading and have better abilities in mathematics.
Swiss and Austrian researchers introduced music classis instead of mathematics and languages for children from seven to fifteen years. In three years time these children showed the same level of mathematic knowledge as those, taught on plain program. Languages progress of this group of children was even higher, than of those, who devoted much time to language studies.
Painting develops speech skills. Learning forms of objects, colors and their shades promote extension of vocabulary; discussions develop connected speech. In brief, engagement in creative work supports education.